Developing Trans Roles for the Theatre
Working with TGNC actors means creating a culture of collaboration, respect, and wholeness.
Working with TGNC actors means creating a culture of collaboration, respect, and wholeness.
An excerpt from ‘For Black Trans Girls Who Gotta Cuss A Mother Fucker Out When Snatching An Edge Ain’t Enough: A Choreo Poem.’
While the pandemic has theatres reevaluating their programming, some are also making shifts toward a more humane working environment.
Last week TCG hosted ‘Too Legit to Quit,’ and both its party vibes and its urgent solidarity are still resounding.
Risa Shoup is the company’s interim executive director, with Virginia Louloudes on leave after concerns were raised about her leadership.
Theatre students and alumni join the anti-racist groundswell in the U.S. theatre to pen statements speaking up about their experiences and demanding change.
Black trauma demands and deserves creative expression, but our lives are about so much more than tragedy.
In response to demands for change, the company will pay playwrights during rehearsal, eliminate punishing ’10 out of 12′ tech weeks, and strive for greater pay equity.
While this influential new-play conference developed plenty of new work, it also developed racist and sexist practices, say many artists and staff, necessitating a change of leadership.
The collective that started by saying ‘We See You, White American Theater’ makes its own demands to be seen, and fully included, at last.